Snow Place Like home

Kinda neat to be back in Halifax for the first big snow. we got a dusting in Sackville last week, but this is more fun. i'll make a confession: I don't really like winter. As a maritimer.. i try to put up a bit of a show and claim we're all used to it, and can deal with it [which is true to an extent].. but it doesn't mean i have to like it. I like the warm. i like the sun. i like not having to worry about whether the shoes i have on when i leave the house have treads good for snow and ice or are waterproof.

i left the guys' place on windsor fairly early this morning to catch a cab back to my car, and get ahead of the snow that was just starting. always nice to get stuck driving in snow with summer tires after having not been behind the wheel in 3 months.

after dad shovelled the front stairs, mom and i went for a walk around the block. when we got back, there was a tree down in the street in front of my house. the power has gone out three times.
around midnight i glanced out the window and saw a car sideways in the snow out front. i thought it might be jamie, coming home from town. it was his friend kyle. i helped them shovel out and gave a push to get them going. i kinda hope jamie has somewhere in town to stay tonight, because i doubt his stylish low-profile extra-wide summer tires and lowered front bumper would make it up the street.